Wife says her husband killed Texas district attorney, his wife and prosecutor

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FORT WORTH, Texas ­— The wife of a former Kaufman County justice of the peace told authorities that her husband shot and killed Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife Cynthia, and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

In an interview Tuesday with an investigator, Kim Williams, 46, “confessed to her involvement to the scheme and course of conduct in the shooting deaths,” according to the affidavit signed by Sgt. Matt Woodall of the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department.

The affidavit said “Kim Williams described in detail her role with that of her husband, Eric Williams, whom she reported to have shot to death Mark Hasse on Jan. 31, 2013, and Michael and Cynthia McLelland on March 30, 2013.”

Kim Williams also “gave details of both offenses which had not been made public,” the affidavit said.

Kim Williams, 46, was booked into the Kaufman County Jail at 2:58 a.m. Wednesday. Her bond was set at $10 million

Eric Lyle Williams remains in jail on a terroristic threat charge in connection with a threatening email sent March 31, the day after the McLellands were killed in their home near Forney.

The email threat said that “unless law enforcement officials responded to the demands of the writer, another attack would occur,” according to an arrest warrant affidavit. The affidavit said Eric Williams used “unique identifiers” found at his home to send the message.

Eric Williams, 46, graduated from Texas Christian University and the Texas Wesleyan University law school. He was arrested Saturday and is being held on $3 million bond. He has not been charged with the murders.

Eric Williams, while working as a justice of the peace in Kaufman County, was convicted last year of stealing county computers in a case prosecuted by McLelland and Hasse. As a result, Eric Williams lost his peace officer’s license and his law license was revoked.

Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood said Tuesday that McLelland was steadfast in his belief that Eric Williams was responsible for Hasse’s death, something he reiterated on the Wednesday before he was killed.

“He thought that from Day One,” Wood said. “He never wavered. ... He said he knew he did it, but he just couldn’t get the evidence to prove he did it.”

Glenda Rand, a Kaufman native and owner of the Daisy’s clothing store, said on Tuesday that she is sleeping better since Eric Williams’ arrest but has mixed feelings.

“But I don’t know how I feel that it might have been one of our own who did this,” Rand said. “Could three people all be dead because someone stole a computer?”